Vickey Noguri - Invidious

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Genus Cirsium (possibly vulgare) - Plume Thistles
26 June 2025, Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland, LIVE: youtube.com/live/uUvBg8HHOpU
📍 Habitat:
Widespread in Ireland, often found in disturbed soils, field margins, roadsides, pastures, and waste ground.

Prefers sunny spots and well-drained soils.

📏 Description:
This is a rosette stage (juvenile form) of the plant.

Deeply lobed, spiny leaves with bristly hairs, especially along the central vein and margins.

The plant will eventually grow a tall flowering stem (up to 1.5 m), producing purple flower heads.

🌼 Flowering Time:
Flowers from July to September in Ireland.

🤓 Curious Facts:
A biennial: forms a rosette in the first year and flowers in the second.

Beloved by bees and butterflies; it's a key nectar source.

Though often called a "weed", it’s native and protected under some agri-environmental schemes due to its ecological value.

The seeds are eaten by birds, especially goldfinches.

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Oniscus asellus - Common Shiny Woodlouse
26 june 2025, Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland, LIVE youtube.com/live/uUvBg8HHOpU
📍 Habitat:
Commonly found across Ireland, especially in damp, dark places: under logs, stones, bark, or within compost heaps.

Favors decaying wood and moist leaf litter.

📏 Size:
Adult length: up to 16 mm.

Oval, flattened body with segmented exoskeleton.

Colour ranges from grey to brown, sometimes with yellowish markings, as seen in your specimen.

🧠 Fun & Curious Facts:
Despite looking insect-like, woodlice are crustaceans, relatives of crabs and lobsters.

They breathe through gill-like structures, which is why they must stay in moist environments.

They help decompose dead organic matter, playing an important role in the ecosystem.

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Volucella pellucens - Pellucid fly
26 june 2025, Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland, LIVE youtube.com/live/uUvBg8HHOpU
Sometimes called the Pellucid Hoverfly, this is one of the largest flies in Britain. It has a striking ivory-white band across its middle and large dark spots on its wings.
Leucozona lucorum has similar bands but is smaller with an orange scutellum.

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Radio of a Thousand Hills is now broadcasting in Ireland. It's cute when deportation threats from God come straight to your inbox 🤯😐

6 months ago | [YT] | 1

European Woman Shocked to Have Been Able to Drive Along Ukrainian Border

This is Crazy... How Did She Survive? 🤣

6 months ago | [YT] | 4

My camera battery just popped out today right during my morning stream. It was bought for €685.00 on December 16, 2023. Today is May 12, 2025. 513 days of almost daily use. And I might not even be too upset about this loss if I could get rid of the dead battery and power the camera directly from a power bank, for example. But no, the unexpected news took me by surprise - without a battery, the camera simply cannot turn on, no matter what power I offer it. Such batteries are sold ONLY in China, the delivery is about a month. A new camera costs 800-900 euros, on the official website out of stock. Disaster. #dji #pocket3 ‪@DJI‬

7 months ago | [YT] | 4

„You should be grateful”
#StandWithUkraine

One continuous manipulation. Here is the proof:

- Blaming the victim:
"You allowed yourself to be in a very bad position" - this is the phrase Trump says to Zelensky. Blaming the victim for being stable, and also blaming the fact that Russia occupied you and is killing your people.

- Pressure and coercion to gratitude:
Toxic Vance demands that Zelensky say "thank you" - this is a terrible technique, to force the victim to thank for the help that is vitally necessary. Then they accuse him of ingratitude if he tries to defend his rights.

- Manipulation of the concept of "peace":
Trump shows that Zelensky is "not ready for peace". But by this he means the capitulation of Ukraine. This is a type of manipulation - replacing the concept of "just peace" with the concept of "surrender".

- Refusal to acknowledge the reality of war:
Trump constantly says that Zelensky has no cards, that without us you have no cards. This is another tactic - to devalue the efforts of the victim, arguing that they are powerless without the mercy of a "savior."

- Devaluing the victims of war:
"If you have a ceasefire, you have to accept it so that the bullets stop flying and your people stop dying." But Trump ignores that a ceasefire without guarantees is just a breathing space for Russia to regroup and strike again.

- Dominance tactics:
Trump constantly interrupts, does not let Zelensky speak. He says: "No, no, you have said enough." This is a deliberate use of psychological pressure to establish a hierarchy where Zelensky is subordinate.

- Forcing capitulation under the guise of "diplomacy":
Vance claims that "the path to peace is through diplomacy." This is a classic tactic, when the aggressor is allowed to continue his aggression without resistance.

— Projection and substitution of concepts:
Trump says: "You are playing with people's lives." But this is exactly what he does, shifting responsibility to Zelensky.

— Creating an illusion:
The US does help Ukraine, but providing this assistance in the form of "you must obey, do not produce anything else" is a form of financial and military coercion, not partnership.

- Devaluation of Ukrainian resistance:
Trump's rhetoric "if not for our weapons, this war would be over in two weeks." This is an attempt to completely erase the merits of Ukrainians and present them as completely dependent on the US.

These are classic dirty tricks from people who naturally lack empathy. They do not know how to "enter the situation" and "get into place." They see only their own benefit and greatness. This is global abuse.

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